A/N: Reminder, this is my first story, so I hope it is going smoothly . Also, I am new to this experience in general and still grasping the whole technological part of FF. I appreciate all feedback and/or criticism greatly-I went back and made some changes to the previous chapters, HOPEFULLY for the better ha! ;) Please submit a review and put a smile on my face. ;) STRAP ON THOSE SKATES! Let's roll…
Chapter 7
Naomi stands in front of her closet pulling her hair out. "What the fuck am I going to wear? Fuck's SAKE Panda, the 80s? REALLY?" She throws the brightest shirts she has and some leggings out into her room and continues to look for some massive jewelry. "This will have to do," Naomi shrugs and looks at the clock. It was 3:40, and Emily was coming over at 4pm and the party's at 6pm on the other end of town. Naomi stops to think of Emily's lips momentarily and blushes. She shakes her head, picks up the chosen items off the floor and places them on her bed with her 80s accessories.
Naomi gets ready for Emily's arrival and runs down to the kitchen to prep for Panda's cake decoration adventure. Not moments after Naomi finished her icing bags, the doorbell rings. Naomi looks up and bites her lip, Emily is here. Her stomach flutters as she skips to the door. She peeks through the door to see Emily in her 80s get up and let's out a snort of laughter. Ironically, she still looks beautiful with her silly 80s themed outfit on, Naomi only hopes hers will do to the same for her.
Naomi opens the door and leans on the side of the doorway, half smirking and smiling, "Well, well, WELL. You look BITCHIN', come on in and let's make Panda a TUBULAR cake yeah?"
Emily looks down at her black leggings, loose purple top with the neck purposely cut to expose her shoulder, and her matching leg warmers over a pair of modest heals. She had a big silver chain belt dangling across her hips, that perfectly sat on her hip bones. "Do I look 80s enough? I had to do some research first, it was harder than I thought it would be," Emily laughs and smiles at Naomi as she walks towards the door. "I felt like a total wanker as I was walking here, people kept honking their horns."
"Actually, you look amazing Ems," Naomi stops Emily as she enters the house shutting the door behind her.
Emily blushes and walks into the kitchen. "Where's YOUR outfit Naoms? I can't wait to see what you come up with."
"Ha ha! Well it's a work in progress, and currently on my bed. I wanted to finish the cake first and then handle that mess." Naomi smiles as she takes Emily's hand and leads her to the cake at the table. "I already iced it, so we just need to decorate it. The icing bags are on the counter, along with confetti and other toppers."
Emily jumps up to peruse what they have to work with. Naomi stands behind to her and looks over her shoulder. Emily feels her warmth behind her and smiles nervously, "Let's just make it really colorful and bubbly, like Panda yeah? Lots of confetti and squiggles and we'll call it done."
Naomi rested her chin on Emily's shoulder, "squiggles eh?"
Emily grins widely, "yes squiggles, it's the proper word." She turns to face Naomi and smiles, getting sucked into Naomi's adoring blues. Emily's heart skips, not quite sure why she is so nervous to be around Naomi. Every nerve is on edge, she can feel her presence from 3 feet away.
Naomi lifts her eyebrow and smirks, "squiggles it is." She pats her palm on the counter and grabs a bright orange bag and turns to the cake. Emily grabs a bright pink bag and they begin to draw bright pink, orange, green, yellow squiggles around a 'Happy Birthday Panda!' and finish it off with several handfuls of multicolored confetti on sprinkled on top.
The girls back up and look at it in unison. "Looks great er… RAD!" Naomi rolls her eyes and smiles.
"I agree, it's GNARLY!" Emily giggles at their 80s slang rehearsal.
Emily collects the bags and confetti, "What should I do with these? I'll clean up so you can get ready."
Naomi smiles and stops her, "Oh that's sweet of you, but I can do it when I get back tonight. You can wait down here and watch TV or something…or you can come upstairs and wait while I get ready."
Emily fidgets at the thought of Naomi undressing and dressing in front of her and opts to stay downstairs for the element of 80s surprise. "I'll just rest and wait for your transformation," she says looking at the pink icing under her nail, and then smiles up at Naomi.
Naomi takes a deep breath and puffs her cheeks out, letting the air squeak out, "Okay, 80s here we come." She smiles and nods as she excused herself to her room.
Upstairs Naomi shuts her bedroom door and leans against it, letting out a deep breath. The urge to kiss Emily is strong, but she seems so nervous she didn't want to freak her out. Naomi is cool with taking it slow, she is nervous too. "Okay…80s 80s 80s" she mumbles as she undresses, holds up her long black tank top and pulls it over her head. She steps into her hot pink leggings and pulls some long necklaces over her head. She slips on some black heals and applies a healthy amount of eye make-up. She teases her hair a bit and throws it up in a high, slightly to the side ponytail. The final touch of some large, hot pink sunglasses resting on the top of her head, nestled in her blond locks. "HA!" She laughs at her reflection and shakes her head.
She starts down the steps and calls out, "Alright! Hope you're ready to 'SHAKE YOUR LOVE' Emily!" As she hit's the bottom step, she stops to pose with her heal kicked back in the air and her hand flipped up.
Emily stands up smiling, excited to see her, "Oh my God Naomi! You've outdone yourself, you look fantastic! Really BODACIOUS." Emily smirks and takes Naomi's hand, 'Let's go skating!"
"Let me grab my mum's keys, she's letting me take her car again," Naomi shuffles to get cake in it's carrier, her bag, and the keys. She comes back to Emily, who is waiting by the door, and nods her head, "shall we?"
They get in the car and Naomi turns the engine on. The xylophone notes of Madonna's "Borderline" start playing, and Emily looks over at Naomi smiling. "I was getting in the mood okay?" Naomi sheepishly smiles, looks down, and over to the stereo to turn up the volume. She looks over at Emily and flashes a great cheesy smile and throws her arms in the air, letting them fall dramatically as her body sways to the music in true 80s fashion.
Emily laughs hysterically and joins Naomi in the cheesy 80s dancing while Naomi starts to drive to the skating rink. She reaches out for Naomi's hand and places her hand on it, " I'm really like spending time with you."
Naomi smiles and looks over at Emily, "I really enjoy spending time with you too Em." Emily smiles and squeezes Naomi's hand and takes it back to continue car dancing to Cyndi Lauper's 'Girl's Just Wanna Have Fun.'
They pull up at 6pm on the dot. Naomi stops the engine and grins, "you ready for this?" Emily nods and grins as she jumps out of the car. Naomi grabs the cake and meets Emily on the other side of the car.
As they walk towards the rink, they can hear 'Walk Like An Egyptian" by the Bangles bumping inside. They open the doors to the admission lobby and are greeted by Pandora's, "Welcome girls! Naomi right? And you are?" she looks at Emily.
"Oh I'm Emily," she smiles and holds out her hand.
"Emily, is so nice to meet you. Panda was telling us all about you. Come on in girls, let's get you some skates! The rest of the gang got here a few minutes ago. You guys are the last for now, Freddie is expected later with his date…who happens to be your twin sister?" She looks at Emily and smiles at the coincidence. "Panda tells me everything because her mum is a bit tight arsed." She smiles as she locks the lobby doors and leads them through the main doors. As the doors open to the rink, they are blinded by flashing colored lights and disco balls. Wang Chung's "Everybody Have Fun Tonight" blasting over the speakers, they follow Panda's aunt to the rental skate booth.
"HEY GUYS! LOOK NAOMI AND EMILY ARE HERE!" Pandora screams as she rolls past on the skating floor. She flies past a colorful blur and Emily and Naomi both wave.
"Hello ladies!" Panda's uncle smiles from behind the skate booth. "Looking fabulous I must say! Let's get you some skates yeah?" He hands over their sizes and winks as they smile and thank him.
"Mind if I leave this with you until we're ready for it?" Naomi ask Panda's uncle about the cake.
"Sure, no problem." He gladly takes it behind the booth for safe keeping.
They take their skates and walk towards a bench to put them on. "Fucks sake these are heavy," Naomi gasps. "I don't remember these being so heavy," she chuckles and looks at Emily, who is already sitting on the bench, unlacing her skates and shoving her leg warmered feet into the skates.
Emily grins ear to ear as she laces up and rolls her feet back in forth while sitting. "It's been so long, I hope I can do this," Emily laughs and gets up slowly, holding the bench to steady herself.
"COME ON GUYS! EVERYBODY WANG CHUNG TONIGHT! GET OUT HERE ALREADY!" another scream from the disappearing Panda.
Naomi struggles with her last skate lace. "Here, let me help you with that," Emily bends down to Naomi's skate to help tighten them, leaning over with her already loose, ripped shirt. Naomi found herself staring directly at Emily's exposed chest and bra, fixated on her collarbone and shoulder muscles as she pulls at Naomi's laces. Emily looks up from her skate and catches Naomi's eyes flash up to hers. She smiles "does that feel good?"
"Yeah, that's great," Naomi feels her cheeks burn. "Thanks Em, I always had a hard time with lacing my skates."
Emily held out her arms and helps Naomi to her feet, "Not a problem," she says with a sassy smirk.
"HEY! LET'S GO!" Panda flies around the corner and hollers at Emily and Naomi.
Naomi looks at Emily, "Shall we?" Emily nods and bites her lip in anticipation.
They both take their first glide and Emily is already off balance, throwing her arm up in the air with a cackle. Naomi holds her so she can gain her balance, which throws her off balance, and she then throws up an arm in a screech. Cracking up together, they slowly are gaining their confidence on wheels.
"Well look who finally joined me!" Panda rolls up behind them smiling a huge smile.
"Hey Panda! Happy early birthday!" Emily chirps. "This is so great, are you having fun?"
"Heck yeah! Look at you two! You guys look BRILL!" Panda gazes at their outfits and smiles at the effort they put into her party. "Cook and JJ just popped their collars and put stupid sunglasses on. Effy has a head band going across her head and some bangles on…but you guys, thank you for playing along with me!"
"Thanks Panda, but look at YOU! You look fabulous!" Naomi says to Pandora who looks like she stole Jem's outfit right off her cartoon body. Her hot pink dress with massive silver belt with a 'truly outrageous' buckle and hanging fringe. Her shoulder pads were massive with a hot pink wig to boot. Her eye shadow was blue and pink, she even has some glitter stuck to her temples for shimmer. "Hey where's Thomas?" Naomi shouts over the 'We Got The Beat' by the Go-Go's, as they roll past an exit where Effy is sitting with her skates up on the table across from her.
"He's getting something to drink at the snack bar. That's where everyone else is." Panda points back to where Naomi saw Effy earlier.
Emily, who is getting a little tired says, "I could go for a drink about now actually. Mind if I exit and say hi to the others?"
"No, not at all. Let's go see them, I could use a break too," Panda pants as she leads the way off the floor and onto the carpet. Emily almost falls with a yelp rolling off the floor onto the carpet, Naomi reaches out for her trying to hold back the laughter.
The girls cruise over to the snack bar, where there is hard floor and hand rails for easy rolling. Large, brightly colored booths with tables line the room. There are arcade games and vending machines in the corner. JJ is watching Cook attempt, for what it looks like the 100th time, on a crane machine.
"I'm telling you Cook, the probability of you getting that Papa Smurf doll for Effy is slim to none. I've done the math in my head and with the simple equation of…" JJ is interrupted by Cooks expletives.
"Fuck! I almost had that fucker!" Cook kicks the crane machine with his skate and sulks.
"Nice shades boys, " Naomi greets JJ and Cook.
"Ladies, you look great!" Cook says as he wiggles his shades at them.
"Yes very nice," JJ say sheepishly.
"Thomas!" Panda greets him as he appears in the snack bar. "Where were you?"
"I was making arrangements for what you call a 'couples' skate' with the DJ." Thomas explains proudly.
"Couples' skate! Bollocks," Cook whines to JJ.
"Hey Cook, be nice and skate with me you wanker," Effy rolls in and scolds Cook on his attitude.
"Well that leaves JJ here stuck skating with Emily AND Naomi…unless," Cook lifts his eyebrow over at Naomi and smirks. "Unless there are more than two couples here, yeah?" He nods his head at Naomi and mutters. "Heh heh Naomikins."
Emily's mouth drops at Cook putting them on the spot. Naomi crossed her arms, "Cook. Leave Emily and I out of you fantasies please." She flashes him a look and smiles at his intuition. "Come on Ems, let's get you a drink, yeah?"
They roll over to the counter. "I'm sorry about Cook, he can be an arse sometimes," Naomi says as she scopes out the menu.
"It's okay, I just don't know what to say in response. We've kissed. Twice. It was nice. Where does that leave us?" Emily looks down at her skates.
Naomi rolls closer to her and dips her head down to match Emily's. "It means… I enjoy your company, and your lips." She smiles at Emily and nudges her with her hip. "Hey, it's okay. We don't have to answer to anyone. Let's just enjoy the moment in our rad 80s gear okay Ems?"
Emily lifts her head and smiles at Naomi, "Alright then, but I would like to skate with you…not JJ." She giggles, showing her dimples and orders a cherry slushy from the boy behind the counter.
"Compliments of Pandora's aunt and uncle," the boy behind the counter mutters as he places Emily's drink on the counter.
"Oh, nice. Thank you," Emily smiles and takes a sip immediately.
Naomi smiles at Emily's now very red lips. She unconsciously licks hers and grins at Emily, "Did you want to sit down?"
Over the speakers, the DJ's voice calls out, "OOOOOKAY, this one is for allllll the couples out there! Come on you love birds, it's time for the couples' skate!"
Emily sets her drink down on the table, "Nooo, I want to skate with you." She turns to see Effy rolling Cook out to the floor, JJ following slowly. "Come on Naoms," Emily pulls her towards her. Naomi smiles and happy to comply.
The lights had turned to red and the disco ball was shimmering light everywhere, with Debbie Gibson's 'Lost In Your Eyes' was filling the rink. Panda already was out on the floor skating, very slowly, with a struggling Thomas. They were almost hand in hand, but he keeps losing his feet from under his body. Cook points and laughs at Thomas as he and Effy roll hand in hand. Panda's aunt skated out to join JJ, whom accepts her skating partnership happily. JJ was twirling her and she was showing off her massive skating skills, clearly JJ had been her partner before in the way of skating.
Naomi leads Emily out onto the floor, once again Emily almost looses her balance. With more cackles and screams, Naomi helps her gain her balance and takes her hand. They skate off slowly, until they are both confident, and glide in unison. They are away from the others, and Naomi finds herself focusing on how wonderful Emily's hand feels in hers. She smiles at Emily and enjoys the song.
Emily was looking around at the fancy tricks JJ and Panda's aunt were doing. "Wow, they're quite good." Naomi nods. "Thomas looks like he's having some trouble," she whispers in Naomi's ear. Naomi giggles as they turn the corner.
The song ends and Bonnie Tyler's 'Total Eclipse Of The Heart' picks up to extend the couples' skate. Emily and Naomi are catching up on Panda and Thomas, as they get closer they can see Thomas's legs buckling. Emily tries to steer away from him, but he flails and wipes out, taking Panda down with him. In an attempt to avoid colliding with him, Emily jumps over his fallen body, forcing Naomi to do the same. Both girls land, unsteady on their wheels, still holding hands screaming and laughing. They speed up to a corner and can't turn in time. Emily pounds into the cushioned wall face first, laughing hysterically, as Naomi smashes into her after trying to stop herself with her arms.
Naomi dare not move, Her arms are around Emily and her palms on the wall. Emily still has her back to her, "Are you okay Ems?" Naomi whispers in her ear.
Emily turns around and looks into Naomi's eyes, her face flushed. She puffs air from her mouth to blow her bangs and smiles, "Wow. I'm fine, are you okay? That was a close one." She stares into Naomi's eyes, which were glowing in the light.
"Do you need anything?" Naomi asks, concerned she may be hurt.
"I want you to…I need a…just gimme a fuckin'…" Emily mumbles are she focuses on Naomi's lips.
Naomi picks up what Emily is putting down, and smiles. She nods slowly, and licks her lips as she leans in to kiss her just as Thomas walks up, HOLDING his skates.
"I am so sorry, are you girls okay? I am not a natural skater in the least. Are you hurt?" Thomas asks, feeling horrible for his crash.
"We are fine Tommo, it's okay. It wasn't your fault." Naomi says, as they both face him. "Are you okay? You're bleeding!"
Thomas touches his forehead, "Yes, this is true." When I fell, I hit my head on Panda's skate. "This is not honorable." He shakes his head in embarrassment.
"Is Panda okay?" Emily asks concerned. "We saw her go down before we turned into Roller Derby girls," she says giggling with Naomi.
"Uh, not exactly. I fear I may have landed on her ankle as well. I may have ended the party early," Thomas says with shame. "I should go see how she's doing, I'm you two are alright. I am sorry again." He jogs off to see Pandora.
Naomi looks at Emily and smiles, "We should go see how she's doing yeah?"
Emily nods and smiles, "Yeah, let's go. " She takes her hand and they skate off to follow Thomas.
Panda's aunt and uncle are standing over Panda as she holds an ice pack to her ankle. She's smiling and laughing, but clearly she's hurt. "Well, sorry kids. This is where we draw the line. Can't be calling the ambulance to our rink, gives us a bad reputation. So, party's over." Panda's Uncle explains as he strokes his niece's head.
"That's okay uncle," Panda says understanding the situation. "I had a blast, it was great fun. Thank you for everything."
"Wait Panda! We made you a cake!" Naomi remembers suddenly. "Hang on, I'll go get it!" Naomi skates over to the skate booth where she left the cake and returns.
"Here Panda! Happy early birthday!" Naomi presents the cake. "Emily and I made it for you."
Effy smirks and looks at Naomi with a knowing smile. "Looks great guys! Looks like you spent a lot of time on it." She smiles at Emily, who instantly blushes.
"Oi! Cake! Light it and slice it already, yeah?" Cook impatiently grumbles.
Panda's aunt appears with candles, sticks them into the cake, and lights them. They all sing the celebratory bday song and Panda makes her wish before she blows out the candles. She looks up at Effy and mouths the words 'surf and turf' and giggles. Panda's aunt slices and serves the cake to everyone and it is devoured in seconds.
Everyone is ready to head out so they make their way to return their skates and put their normal footwear on. As the group makes their way to the parking lot and loads up into their cars. Panda and Thomas in Panda's car. Effy, Cook, and JJ in JJ's car. Naomi and Emily in Naomi's car. Panda shouts from her car window, "Thanks everyone for coming to my wizzer party! See you all tomorrow!" They all wave and drive off, leaving the party two hours before it was supposed in end.
Naomi heads to Emily's house to drop her off. "Well, that was a lot more fun than I expected," Naomi sighs to Emily.
Emily smiles, "Yeah, it was fun. I had fun with you. Thank you for skating with me Naomi." She reaches for Naomi's hand and rests hers on top of Naomi's the rest of the way home.
It's dark now, and Naomi pulls up in front of Emily's house. She kills the lights and puts the car in park. She sighs and turns to Emily, who is unbuckling her belt. "Well my dear, this is your stop." She stretches and yawns. "I had a great time with you," Naomi smiles at Emily.
Emily nods and looks down at her fingers. "I'll see you in the morning yeah? At our bench? In our park?"
"You know it," Naomi smiles and gazes at Emily, fully aware that she missed out on her kiss because of Thomas.
Emily licks her lips and pauses, "Right, well I'll see you then yeah?" Emily suddenly lunges forward and plants a warm kiss on Naomi's lips. Their lips tenderly lock for a few moments before Emily pulls back, "I better get in. Call me if you want, when you get home I mean." She smiles and backs out of the car, blowing a kiss through the door as she made her exit. She walks to her door and turns back and waves.
Naomi sits there smiling until she sees her inside. She exhales and shuts her eyes in disbelief. She puts the car in drive to get home, so she could call Emily.
